This thrush inhabits forests from the Himalayas to northern Indochina. Males are black with grey wing panels; females are olive-brown with rufous on the wings.
Males have black plumage with pale grey wing panels and orange-yellow bills and eye-rings. Females are olive-brown with rufous in the wings.
It searches forest floors for earthworms and insects and also eats fruit. Records describe seasonal movement between higher and lower elevations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.